See also imp.
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Etymology 1[]
Old English impa ("graft"). Cognate with Danish ympe, German Impf, Swedish ymp.
Noun[]
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Imp ({{{1}}})
- (obsolete) A young shoot of a plant, tree etc. Template:Defdate
- (obsolete) A scion, offspring; a child. Template:Defdate
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene I.3:
- And thou most dreaded impe of highest Ioue, / Faire Venus sonne, [...] come to mine ayde [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene I.3:
- A child of the Devil; a malevolent supernatural creature, similar to a demon but smaller and less powerful. Template:Defdate
- A mischievous child. Template:Defdate
Synonyms[]
- (mischievous child) brat, urchin
Related terms[]
- impish
Translations[]
demonic creature
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mischievous child
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Etymology 2[]
Old English impian, apparently ultimately from a Latin source. Cognate with German impfen.
Verb[]
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to Imp (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)
- (obsolete) To plant or engraft.
- (falconry) To engraft feathers into a bird's wing.
- "For, if I imp my wing on Thine",--Herbert (1633)
- To eke out, strengthen, enlarge.
Anagrams[]
- imp,
- MIP
- PIM
- PMI
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